Dundee West railway station

The original station, which was made of wood, The station was rebuilt twice: once in 1864 and again in 1890, this one being built to the west of the second station. The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 1 May 1965, the last train departing for Glasgow at 8 P.M. It was demolished the following year to make way for a bypass to the new Tay Road Bridge. It was demolished upon closure. Trains ran to Manchester, Liverpool and London, while local traffic took passengers to Gleneagles, Crieff and Blairgowrie. At its height, the station employed scores of people and handled 15,000 tons of minerals (mostly coal for Dundee's factories).